IMHO...intelligence and ADD/ADHD are not mutually exclusive. I think your cognitive abilities are like a series of variables; your ability to pay attention is on one axis, your intelligence on another, introversion/extroversion gets another, etc. How these variables connect determine your overall ability to perform and define your personality. Therefore, if you're smarter - even if you have add/adhd - you have more cognitive brain power to compensate. However in your case, perhaps there's a threshold with some of those levels, and maybe that's where you're noticing some attentional problems? Perhaps too, now that you're working professionally, you have more cognitive tasks to deal with than when you were a student. Classes are usually one at a time - unlike work where...the phone could be ringing, people are interrupting you, there's emails and paperwork...!!!

I think many people that have ADD/ADHD - and are successful - have found a career that actually exploits their symptoms in some way. Some people that are more ADHD, and can juggle a different things, take advantage of their abilities. Perhaps being an attorney taxes your abilities [lol...too bad you weren't an accountant] rather than takes advantage of your cognitive style?!

If you find yourself struggling with your job, I would urge you to seek more of an intellectual coach, rather than a psychiatrist. There are a lot of cognitive skills you could learn that would be more beneficial than starting medication; and you would empower yourself mentally, rather than relying on a drug.

Personally, while I appear bright and well put together, I don't have as much working memory as other people. If I am trying to learn or understand something that requires more than 2 or 3 pieces of data, I literally can NOT figure it out. My brain can't physically hold that information, and piece it together. It's like the pieces are slippery, or they fade in and out, and my brain can't hold them all together long enough to make sense of them. So for me, it's not so much concentrating that I have trouble with, but rather that my brain can't figure things out and so my mind shifts out of gear. Now if it's something I understand, then I'm able. For example, I can read reeeeally complicated scientific journals with long complex sentences, but if I have to read something new, I won't get it at ALL. I have to mentally pick apart every new piece of information, understand it, and then systematically link the information together.

So while you may be craving medication, when I look back at early points in my life [before I really understood the limitations of my intellectual abilities and how to maximize my potential], I realize medication would not have helped me oto develop my cognitive strengths. I would urge you to seek help in that direction first, because any kind of stimulate medication is going to make your brain dependent. Good luck! :)